Author: Joan Butler [Robert William Alexander]
Title: Full House
Description: London, Stanley Paul and Co, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. 'Full of sparkling humour', this is a smart copy of the first edition of scarce farce from Joan Butler, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impression of this humorous 1940s novel from Robert William Alexander, published under his frequently used pen-name 'Joan Butler&apos.In the delightfully illustrated publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Set in the fictional McCorkle Castle, Butler's novel follows a cast of characters from two Scottish clans embroiled in a four-hundred year feud, as they all gather under one roof in a farcical tale reminiscent of the work of P. G. Wodehouse. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip, with significant loss to back strip head and tail, and three small holes to back strip. Chipping to head and tail of front wrap, with further edge wear to wrap perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to title page, with the odd further spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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